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Six Machinery stocks are moving up in their overall rating this week, according to the Portfolio Grader database. Every one of these is graded an “A” (“strong buy”) or “B” overall (“buy”).

This week, Briggs & Stratton (NYSE:BGG) is showing significant improvement as the company’s rating hops from a C (“hold”) to a B (“buy”). Briggs & Stratton produces air-cooled gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment, in addition to designing, manufacturing, marketing and servicing these products for original equipment manufacturers worldwide. In Portfolio Grader’s specific subcategories of Earnings Revisions and Earnings Surprise, BGG also gets A’s. Shares of BGG have increased 9.1% over the past month, better than the 2.4% increase the S&P 500 has seen over the same period of time. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of BGG stock.

Louis Navellier’s proprietary Portfolio Grader stock ranking system assesses roughly 5,000 companies every week based on a number of fundamental and quantitative measures. Stocks are given a letter grade based on their results — with A being “strong buy,” and F being “strong sell.” Explore the tool here.